Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:52:37 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg && 7-current && ( kde || nvidia driver ) == desktop crash Message-ID: <20090210155236.GB68258@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20090210142809.GA1520@laverenz.de> References: <20090209211505.O14664@hub.org> <4ad871310902091719x74eed964gfc81d63c437da0cf@mail.gmail.com> <20090209212116.W14664@hub.org> <4ad871310902091723v6549b870rbf6926ac8f5468f@mail.gmail.com> <20090209212935.I14664@hub.org> <20090210133933.GA93330@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <20090210142809.GA1520@laverenz.de>
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On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 03:28:09PM +0100, Uwe Laverenz wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 01:39:33PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > for me xorg 7.4 doesn't work at all on 7.1-stable i386 Compaq Armada 1700 > > Sorry, do you really run FreeBSD with xorg on this machine? This laptop > must be at least 10 years old, right? I keep it as an additional test box. The issue is that 7.3 worked and 7.4 doesn't on this box. > > laptop, I get "no device found" at X -configure stage. It worked fine with > > 7.3. The graphics device is Chips and Technologies. When I use vesa driver > > Do you have "[x] CHIPS" enabled when you run "make config" in > x11-drivers/xorg-drivers? I guess this should install the right driver > for your Armada. sure. As I said, chips (and mouse and keyboard) worked fine with 7.3, but not anymore. I blame hal and dbus. > > > instead I get to the graphics screen, but still no mouse or keyboard. > > Did you follow the hints in /usr/ports/UPDATING? yes, I did. After that didn't help I deinstalled and reinstalled all X-related ports - same result. On 8.0-current i386 I have different problems (black screen, cannot return to console, have to reboot) but the result is the same - xorg 7.4 isn't working at all. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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